Results: UCI World Cup DH, Leogang - Qualifications

Junior Men:
1st Andrew Crimmins 3:48.653
2nd Laurie Greenland 3:49.943
3rd Jacob Dickson 3:50.514

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Quick Facts:
- Greenland and Crimmins seemed barely out of breath when they came over the line, not even breaking a sweat!
- Jacob Dickson almost made up an entire second in the last section, crossing the line he said he had a mistake in the woods. Could this be his first world cup win?
- With the top 3 spread over 1.8 seconds, the rest of the field are a further 2.5 seconds back - showing there is a similar gap appearing in the upper echelon of Juniors similar to the Women.
- Henry Fitzgerald comes home in 4th and was held up for most of the bottom section, we'll call big things from this chap on Sunday.

Elite Women:
1st Rachel Atherton
2nd Emmeline Ragot
3rd Tahnee Seagrave

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Quick Facts:
- Live timing causing complete chaos at the finish line.
- Atherton crosses the line seemingly frustrated by her run, but 5 seconds up on 2nd place Ragot.
- Carpenter visibly disappointed by her effort, hopefully she can spring back tomorrow.
- Women's field very spread out with no bunching up at the front, should make for a very exciting race!


Elite Men:
1st Aaron Gwin 3:35.358
2nd Connor Fearon 3:36.790
3rd Remi Thirion 3:38.259

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Quick Facts:
- Loic Bruni crashes! Fastest at split 1 and not even a second back at split 2, which is where you would expect Gwin to be dominating.
- Gwin shows his dominance again by coming over first. In practice he was hitting every possible tight line - perhaps this is where he found 1.5 seconds?
- BOS Head Engineer Arthur says that unless Remi crashed in the qualifying run he will probably struggle to find those 3 seconds.
- Bernard Kerr crashed in the woods rode a section sat on his top tube, losing 3 seconds he believes.
- Brendan Fairclough makes up an incredible 6 places in the last split!
- Andrew Neethling completely covered in dust and misses out on qualifying. A real shame after looking great in practise.
- And wait for it.......


......2 of the top 10 using flat pedals.